Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 25, 1880, Page 2

THE DAILY BEE: DLCEMBER 1880. A CHARMING CAMP. The Mountain-Locked Metro- polis of Southern Utah. Silver Reef Surrounded by Bald Peaks and Pictur- esque Plateaus. The Town and People, Mines and Miners, Advantages and Drawbacks, Correspondence o he Bee. Siuver Reer, Utah, November 13, 1880.—Enclosed by mountain scenery of the wildest description, tbree hun- dred and fifty mil uth of Salt Lake City, and wvearly one hundred and fifty miles distant from the terminus of the Utah Southern railroad, is the little city of Silver Reef, the moun- tain-locked metropolis of southern Utah and the possessor of a wealth of bonanzas, the extent and richness of which are as yet but beginnirg to be brought to the knowledge of the out- eide world. The camp is the most picturesque in situation of any I have visited in Utah. It lies ona highand barren plateau, surrounded on all hsnds by rugged masses of tumbled lava, richly colored sandstones and pine crested granite. Northward rise the epurs of the Utah range cut and gullied into grotesque and sombre hurd masses; to the south arethe Red and Vermiilion cliffs, whose faces glow with the color of roses,and rising above their summit, blue and bold in the distance are seen the mountain crests of Arizona. Silver Reef has set at defiance all the mining experts of the country. Ore elsewhere is rarely found in sand- stone. In Silver Reef it is foand in its greatest quantities in this forma- tion. Bat the strata of almost every formation in which mineral is discov- ered, lies in the mountains eurround- 1ng this little city, and a prospect hole sunk in any direction is sure to strike good gradeore. The foundations of many of the housesare built of stone aseaying ten dollars to the ton, and the dumps of the mines are filled with waste, which, if nearer smelting and refining works, would pay amply for reduction. The wonderful rarity of ores 1o less than the extent of the ledges and veins, 18 one of the most remarkable features of the district of which Sdver Reef is the centre. Sil ver Reef is best reached by taking the Utah Southern and its extension to its terminus, and s it from that point_over the intervening distance The ride is Iong and uninteresting, especially at this season of the year. The town is clustered around the mines, and preeents, even in this sea- #on of the year, a bustlingand lively appearance. A year ago a disastrous fire swept away the larger portion of the camp and consumed $1606,000 worth of property. But before the ruins were cold, buildings were in course of arectinn, and to-day the camp presents a more substantial and prospercus appearance than ever be- fore. There are two churches, a Catholic and Protestant, two echools, one conducted by the sisters of char. ity, a public hospital, an excellent newspaper, The Silver Reef Miner, a number of faro dens, several Chinese laundries and a brass band. The camp is growing, and outfits prospect- ors for all the surrounding country, which is rapidly becoming honey- combed with the shafts of the indas- trious seckers after hidden wealth. The first work on Silver Reef mines was begun five years ago by a Swn Francisco mining company, and the early developments were so startlingly rich that three others quickly follow- ed suit. Many of the claims and lo- cations made by other parties were purchased in by these three corpora tions who, within the paat lhroflyeare, have p'ud dividends amounting to $200,000, and now work three hun. dréli miners night and day ia bring ing to light the hidden treasure whic lies embeddad in the monntains of the Reef. The camp possesses several de- cided advantages over that of Frisco The rock is soft and water is plenty, the ores are easily treated, and if the ore grade is no higher than those of the more northern camy, the sup- Py seems practically exhaustless. The wages cf miners are hirher than at some other camps in the territory, asmuch as §3 a day being paid to or dinary workmen in the slopex Ex- perienced and c\m‘wl s miners draw, in some instances, §5. All thg compa- nies at Silver Reef seem to be ably managed and heavily backed. The mining machinery of the Stormont mine is among the best in the terri- tory, and that of the other two is hardly inferior. The supply of lum- ber, a very important necessity for timbering in the shafts, is practically exhaustless, and the lumber and fuel question is settled by the forests of pine within almost a stone’s throw of the town. The caily output of ore amounts to an average of $10,000 a day, aud the mines are not working to one-half their capacity What the possibilities of the district will be Jwhen fully developed would be diffi- cult to estimate Silver seams every hill, awaiting only the miners’ pick and the c-p!lnlnsts assistance to bring it to light. Theores of Silver Reef are a soft sandstone, easily mined and worked. The silver is found in veins or bndles, which vary in richness, of- tan runninz up into the hundreds, but averaging about $40a ton. The char- acter of the silver is chloride, and easily reduced, so that the low grade ores give a fair and remunerative profit. The Barbee-Walker mine is situa- ted just on the margin of the camp The property is cwned and sorked by a New York company who, siace its acquirement, some six months ago, | have paid dividends amounting to | $60,000, equivalent to 24 per cent per annum on the capital stock. A new | fives'amp mill has recently been | erected. Tais is placed directly at the muuth of the mine, and receives the ore from the hoisting works. Its| preeent daily capacity is thirty-five | tons, but two additional pans and a | settler are being added to the capacity | of the mill, which will increase the ' output of bullion considerably. The mine has been judiciously developed and a fine bedy of ore has recently been opened up in both the north anc south drifts. The present workings easily supplies the amount of ore nec- essary to k ep the mill running. The Stormont mine consists of sev- eral large claims which are producing largely. The mill is run by water power, is situated on the Virgin river, some five miles distant from the claims, and is capable of crushicg seventy-five tors of ore daily. The ore is hauled to the mill by terms un- der a reguiar contract price per ton. All the Stormont claims are being well developed and steadily worked, and the proprietors are among tbe heaviest bullion shippers of the camp. The Christy property is a consoli- dation of fifteen claims. Fiveif these are now being worked with profit and produce forty tive tons daily ofgood gradeore. The mill of the company is situated about a mile from themine and is in the town of Siiver Reef. It runs five s:amps,six settlers and eight faus, and turns out a goodly amount of bullion which is principally shipped to San Francisco. The monthly output of bullion from the camp has averaged $100,000 a month. There are scores of undevel- oped claims around Silver Reef,which if worked would handsomely repay in- vestment. The trouble, 28 in all new mining camps, is a lack of capital to bring to the surface the ores hidden within their boundarie VIaTOR, A CROWD OF A THOUSAND. HOW IT WAS ATTRACTED BY POINTING A CANE AT A MUD COVERED CABBAGE, Sam Francisco Chronicle, The other morning two gentlemen were looking out of* the window of a house on Market street, when they observed a cabbage roll off a market wagon that was passing. Instantly i over a dozen well dressed and appar- ently sane persons began yelling after the wagon as though the vegetable had been a gold watch or a thousand dollar bill. The driver stoppsd about half a square og, looked back at the cabbage, yawned and drove on. “What an absord fuss people in tbe stree: make over trifial occurences,” said one ot the gentlemen. *‘Now, I'li bet a eilk hat that I could gat a crowd of five hundred persons around that cabbage inside of thirty minutes, Bnd yet not leave thisroom.” ‘I take the bet,” s:id his friend, out his watch. “Aro ready?’ give the word.” “It is now eleven-thirty. Go! The proposer of the wager led his friend to the window, threw upthe sash, and taking a cane pointed earn- estly at the mud-covered cabbags with a terrified expression. Presently a hack driver noticed the action and be- gan to stare at thq vegetable from the curbstone; then a bootblack stopped; then a billposter, a messenger boy, and a merchant. “What’s the matter,” inquired a German, approaching tde innocent base of his national dish. “‘Don’t touch it! Look out there! Stand back !” shouted the gentleman at the window. At his horror. strick- en tones the crowd fell back precipi- tately and formed a dense circie around the innocent cabbage. Hun- dreds came running upand the ex- citement increased rapidly. “Look out there!” frantically screamed the better, waiving his cane. *‘Take that dog away quick!” Several stones were thrown at a cur that was sniffing around the cabbage. ‘‘Take care!” eaid a car-driver toa policeman, who was shouldering his way thr the mass. ““It’s an in fernal machine, nitro-glycerine—or somathing.” Meanwhile the sidewalk was block- ed, the street became impassuble, women screamed and rushed o the .oon, ani a store-keeper underneath to tie a bucket on one end of a 1 pole with which to pour water on the devilish i mwnuun The crowd by this time numbering cver a thousand, the two geutlemen moved away from the window and szt down. In a few moments there was » hurried tap at the door, and there appeared a man who had been sent ag a delegate from the mass meeting outsile. *I should like to know,gentlemen,” he said, “what the facts are” “What facts?” ““Why, what is there peculiar about that cabbage out ther: “Nothingin the world,” was the ‘cxcept that it seems to be by about a thousand of est fools in town. Do any- thing else for you?” The man reflicted a moment, said he “‘guessed not,” and retired. Be fora he handed in Lis report, howanr, Captain Short’s watch had dispersed the mob, and clubbed two hundred and eleven separate persons for crea- ting a disturbance, “The Trembler” Kind of Corset A correspondent of Tae Cincinnati Enquirer says: A new corset attractad my attention at the shop of a leading manufacturer. It was like the ordi- nary article, except in one important par icular. The breast was compozed of a lattice work, this part of it covering two apertures in the gther- wise staunch corset, and forming a loose auppoat for what was to go with- in. The corset is in female slang call- ed the “Trembler,” and the name in- dicates its artful purpose. Worn over a dress waist that does not fit too tight- ly across the bust, it permits a lit:le unrestraint to the flish inside, and the effect is said to be quite enchant- ing to the male observer. This kind nf a corset has to be made carefully » order 1 order to obtain all its ad- \nn!afleu' for it should bs exactly adapred to the peculiarities of the wearer. A Voracious Eator. Londrn Telegraph. A remarkable feat of eating and drinking against time is reported by the Hungarian press, and satd to have been performed by a youthful Magyher residing in Grosswardlen. This surpassing trenchman m wager, and is said to have won with several winutes andan omeletts that he would between the r3 of 9:30 p. m. and midnight, devour the follywing comestibles, it being clearly understood that there should bs a full portion of esch dish in euccession, any two of whith portions | may be estimated as constitating a hesrty meal for a full-grown adult blessed by nature with a lively appe- tite: Roast beef with paprika sauce and potatoes; a Viennese vesl cutlet with peas; a fillet of veal with dump lings; grilled pork and pnmpkins, half a fowl fried in butter; bubble and squeak; a beef steak with poached eggs; fried calves’ liver; calves’ brains and kidneys; pickled veal; stewed beef; a broiled goose liver, and a fricasseed fowl with carrots. He not only contrived to stow away all the articles enumerated in this cumprehnnmve menu, washing them down with two quarts of beer, four bottles of old wine, and three of wrated water; but when he had clear- ed the last of his appointed dishes— the clock-dial then marking ten to 12 —he asked for a three egg omelette, which vanished down his throat be- ore the hour struck e Sad Trials. To begin—Ts aught sadder—could there be a worse scheme, Right amid all of li‘e’s joyous whirl, Than to notice one’s rival drive by with a team, And beside him one’s very best girl? in— Have you noticed the face she re- veals, ("Tis too awful, we confess for a joke) The woman wh es her riv.]in seals While she’s forced to wear that old cloak? Once more—Do you mind what an awful ffin’ pressed, and how surplus talk With the man who's asked, “Well, boy, take suthin’? What—yes? well, th:n—take a walk?” svills World. old A clergyman, meeting an inebriated neighbor. ¢xclaimed, ‘“‘drunk again, Wilkins!” to which Wilkine, in a semi-confidential tone, responded, “‘Sho am I, parson!” A new book is out entitled ‘“Links in Rebecca’s Life.,” Rebecca was probably a sausage-maker’s daughter. What an eventful and mysterious life she must have led! “Why Are We Here!” was the sub- ject of a Council Bluffs clergyman’s sermon last Sunday morning. This isindeed a hard question, with the fare to Omaha down to 25 cente, Thieves now invade church fairs and steal watches in care of young ladies. OFf course this 18 r.,xreheml- ble to the last degre time it is not alioz | know that the fair managers ara not permitted to entirely monopolize the robbery iuseparable from such instru- mentalities. ““What is hell?” asked a Lutheran | Sunday school tescher of a boy in class Iast Sunday. “A shirt with a button off, mvam,” replied the b y. h(pl\u\ yourself; what do you me sir!” demanded the meck spititad bu: surprised teacher. “\Ve'l I heard my pa say to my ma the other morn- ing, wher, he put on a shirt with the back button off, ‘well, this is hell.’ That’s all T know about it ” Fitting emblems are not always ap- preciated. The mneighbors of a poor fellow who died erested a tombstone to his memory, and had placed above it the conventional white dove. The widow looked at it through her tears and said: ““It was thoughtful t put it there. John was very fond of gunning, and it is an especially fitting emblem,” “Think,” shudderingly moans a Pacific coast paper, “of juining heart and soul in a hallelnjah chorus with an antiquated bonnet six months old! Thera 1s s-msthing shocking in the y ? Tsu't it sad that in all the prophecies there is no s'ate- ment that new robes will be furnished to the angels every day ortwo? They tellof a very cultired divine in_Biston who, instead of saying: “The lection will now be taken up,” impressively remarks: *‘The ac cumulation of moneys will now en- " But a Philadelphia 4 lover id s2id : sant to I had not slept a all winter until 1 e Oil,—is the way Mr. P. A. Pinsley, Malkeytown, I, 1\1 s it ’JAans TRADE uux Q “THEGREAT EtnmnmtnY FOR RHEUMATISN, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbnga, Backache, Soreness of the Chest, Gouf Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swell- ings and Sprains, Burns and Scalds, General Bodily Pains, Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted Feet and Ears, and all other Pains and Aches. 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